This week’s episode of SmackDown was a special show which was broadcasted with no live audience from the WWE Performance Center due to Coronavirus.
Sami Zayn, who was one of the stars who performed during the episode took on his Twitter after the episode and asked his fellow performers about the times they performed in arenas with low turnouts.
The current Intercontinental Champion received replies from many well-known wrestling personalities and people like Seth Rollins William Regal and Bully Ray recalled the times they wrestled in front of small audiences:
“Last night’s historic episode of @WWE Smackdown, performed in front of no audience for the first time ever, got me thinking about the many times in my career I performed with low turnouts. Fellow performers & fans alike – what fun memories do you have of poorly attended shows?”
Last night's historic episode of @WWE Smackdown, performed in front of no audience for the first time ever, got me thinking about the many times in my career I performed with low turnouts.
Fellow performers & fans alike – what fun memories do you have of poorly attended shows?
— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) March 14, 2020
A Country Boy Can Survive. IWA-MS circa 2015-2016. Jamie Noble did in an hour plus in front of 12 people so Ian could “sell some DVDs”
— Seth “Freakin’” Rollins (@WWERollins) March 14, 2020
5…star..wrestling.
Basically empty arena matches.— Joe Coffey (@Joe_Coffey) March 14, 2020
A holiday camp in Filey,UK’86,the first week of the season.Not a single holiday maker on the camp. Paid show so”the show goes on”.Promoter Bobby Barron got a cleaner and 2 bar staff to watch me and @RobbyBrookside do 6×5 min rounds.The others wouldn’t wrestle
— William Regal (@RealKingRegal) March 14, 2020
I remember coaxing the cleaning lady with the promise of a cup of tea and some marie biscuits…a nil nil broadway and knocking seven barrels out of one another…the show went on.
— Robby Brookside (@RobbyBrookside) March 14, 2020
1993
Polish – American Club
Piscataway, NJWorked in front of 7 people. Did the job. Made $10 bucks.
Good times. 👍😃#PayYourDues
— Bully Ray (@bullyray5150) March 14, 2020
Did an indy show in Alexandria, Va in 96. @StudMuffinSays got on the microphone will the owner of a car with license plate 852qowt45301opzh048t Please move your car. Your license plate is blocking the entrance for the rest of the fans to get in.
— Brian Heffron aka The Blue Meanie (@BlueMeanieBWO) March 14, 2020
BJW Show somewhere in North Japan during a hurricane warning
in front of about 20 people👍— 𝕬𝖝𝖊𝖑 𝕬𝖃𝕰𝕸𝕬𝕹 𝕿𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖊𝖗 (@axeman3016) March 14, 2020
https://twitter.com/Mikael_Vierge/status/1238976174836994048
WWE has since confirmed that next week’s episode of Raw will be broadcasted from the performance center and reports reveal that upcoming episodes of NXT will be broadcasted from the arena as well.
